From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: slava@dubeyko.com, glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, frank.li@vivo.com
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+c0ba772a362e70937dfb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v5] hfsplus: fix null-ptr-deref by creating hidden dir on remount rw
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 10:14:36 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260503044436.130823-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
hfsplus_reconfigure() does not create the hidden directory when
remounting from read-only to read-write, leaving sbi->hidden_dir
as NULL. This causes a null-ptr-deref when any subsequent
link/unlink/rename operation dereferences it.
Extract hidden directory creation logic from hfsplus_fill_super()
into a new helper hfsplus_create_hidden_dir() and call it from
hfsplus_reconfigure() when switching to read-write mode and
hidden_dir is NULL, ensuring hidden_dir is always valid on any
read-write mount.
Reported-by: syzbot+c0ba772a362e70937dfb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c0ba772a362e70937dfb
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v5:
- Pass str as input argument to hfsplus_create_hidden_dir()
to avoid duplication, as suggested by Vyacheslav Dubeyko.
- Use !(fc->sb_flags & SB_RDONLY) as guard in reconfigure
instead of !sb_rdonly(sb).
- Restore cancel_delayed_work_sync() in cleanup path.
- Restore HFSPLUS_CAT_TREE_I dirty mark.
Changes in v4:
- Correct fix: extract hidden dir creation into helper and call
from hfsplus_reconfigure() on remount rw, as suggested by
Vyacheslav Dubeyko.
Changes in v3:
- Correct fix location: guard sbi->hidden_dir in hfsplus_link()
and hfsplus_unlink() in dir.c.
Changes in v2:
- Fixed commit message: hfsplus_delete_cat() has multiple callers,
not just hfsplus_unlink() as incorrectly stated in v1.
---
fs/hfsplus/super.c | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index 40a0feda716b..f37d5abc84cf 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -375,6 +375,54 @@ static int hfsplus_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
return 0;
}
+static int hfsplus_create_hidden_dir(struct super_block *sb,
+ const struct qstr *str)
+{
+ struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
+ struct inode *root = d_inode(sb->s_root);
+ int err;
+
+ mutex_lock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
+ sbi->hidden_dir = hfsplus_new_inode(sb, root, S_IFDIR);
+ if (!sbi->hidden_dir) {
+ mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ err = hfsplus_create_cat(sbi->hidden_dir->i_ino, root,
+ str, sbi->hidden_dir);
+ if (err) {
+ mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
+ goto out_put_hidden_dir;
+ }
+
+ err = hfsplus_init_security(sbi->hidden_dir, root, str);
+ if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ err = 0; /* Operation is not supported. */
+ else if (err) {
+ /*
+ * Try to delete anyway without
+ * error analysis.
+ */
+ hfsplus_delete_cat(sbi->hidden_dir->i_ino, root, str);
+ mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
+ goto out_put_hidden_dir;
+ }
+
+ mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
+ hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(HFSPLUS_CAT_TREE_I(sb),
+ HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
+ hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(sbi->hidden_dir,
+ HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
+ return 0;
+
+out_put_hidden_dir:
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sbi->sync_work);
+ iput(sbi->hidden_dir);
+ sbi->hidden_dir = NULL;
+ return err;
+}
+
static int hfsplus_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
{
struct super_block *sb = fc->root->d_sb;
@@ -403,6 +451,18 @@ static int hfsplus_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
sb->s_flags |= SB_RDONLY;
fc->sb_flags |= SB_RDONLY;
}
+
+ /*
+ * Create hidden dir if remounting read-write and it
+ * does not exist - required for link/unlink/rename.
+ */
+ if (!(fc->sb_flags & SB_RDONLY) && !sbi->hidden_dir) {
+ struct qstr str;
+
+ str.len = sizeof(HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME) - 1;
+ str.name = HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME;
+ return hfsplus_create_hidden_dir(sb, &str);
+ }
}
return 0;
}
@@ -620,40 +680,9 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
hfsplus_sync_fs(sb, 1);
if (!sbi->hidden_dir) {
- mutex_lock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
- sbi->hidden_dir = hfsplus_new_inode(sb, root, S_IFDIR);
- if (!sbi->hidden_dir) {
- mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
- err = -ENOMEM;
+ err = hfsplus_create_hidden_dir(sb, &str);
+ if (err)
goto out_put_root;
- }
- err = hfsplus_create_cat(sbi->hidden_dir->i_ino, root,
- &str, sbi->hidden_dir);
- if (err) {
- mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
- goto out_put_hidden_dir;
- }
-
- err = hfsplus_init_security(sbi->hidden_dir,
- root, &str);
- if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
- err = 0; /* Operation is not supported. */
- else if (err) {
- /*
- * Try to delete anyway without
- * error analysis.
- */
- hfsplus_delete_cat(sbi->hidden_dir->i_ino,
- root, &str);
- mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
- goto out_put_hidden_dir;
- }
-
- mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
- hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(HFSPLUS_CAT_TREE_I(sb),
- HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
- hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(sbi->hidden_dir,
- HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
}
}
@@ -661,9 +690,6 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
sbi->nls = nls;
return 0;
-out_put_hidden_dir:
- cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sbi->sync_work);
- iput(sbi->hidden_dir);
out_put_root:
dput(sb->s_root);
sb->s_root = NULL;
--
2.43.0
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2026-05-03 4:44 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2026-05-04 22:58 ` [PATCH v5] hfsplus: fix null-ptr-deref by creating hidden dir on remount rw Viacheslav Dubeyko
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